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Volunteering with Kids

Tuesday, April 5th, 2005 at 9:24 PM Category: Meryl's Notes Blog No comments

I have a degree in elementary education, but I am not comfortable working with kids because I sound different and worry about understanding them. Obviously, I love kids as I have three of my own (the youngest turns two at the end of this month,—sob). Anyway, my kids’ school PTA has a program in which volunteers help tutor kids at schools that need extra help. I couldn’t do it.

I finally got the opportunity to work with kids without a single worry. In2Books is a program where adults mentor kids and share a love for reading with them. It’s all done by mail and email. I get a grade-level appropriate book (I have two fourth grade students in Washington, DC), read it, and then write a letter about it to the students. Each book cycle (there are five total) covers an type of book. So far, we’ve had fiction, social studies, biography, and folk tale. The next, and final, book is science-related. [ Tell me more! ]